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Originally Posted by pj3000
Right. My comment was more to just say that Miami is certainly not some outlier, but rather is similar to the rest of the South (and West) as far as non-white %s go. But your point is indirectly what I was saying as well.
For instance, Miami... rough numbers... 80% white (70% Hispanic white, 10% non-Hispanic white), 20% (18% non-Hispanic black, 2% Hispanic black).
Having lots of people of different Caribbean, Central, and South American ancestry is no more diverse than having lots of people of Northern, Eastern, and Southern European ancestry.
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Generally true, but there is a big difference between "ancestry" that is 5 or 6 generations ago like most northern European Americans and "ancestry" that is 5
years ago like south florida's various hispanics. There isn't much diversity between someone who has some nordic blood from 100+ years ago and someone who has English blood from 200+ years ago (at this point they are both simply generic American) as opposed to someone who came from Colombia last year and someone who came from Cuba or Brazil or Argentina the year before and still retain their various cultures. New York circa 1910 with huge "white" populations of Irish and Italian and Germans and eastern European Jews was very diverse despite being heavily "white".